Karen Walser Pearson

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Feb 27, 2008 at 12:01 AMMay 12, 2011 at 4:43 PM

Arnold, CA

Karen Walser Pearson

June 3, 1936 - February 22, 2008

Karen Pearson Sandmeier, 71, of Arnold died February, 22nd, 2008 from complications due to Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Pearson was born in Hollywood, CA; raised in Modesto and was in the first graduating class of Downey High School in 1954, where she held various leadership positions and spent a number of summers as a camp counselor at the YMCA Camp Jack Hazard. Graduated from Modesto Junior College in 1956, where she had been a member of the Blue Dozen and the Pirates song leading group. She spent twenty six years in education; twenty three at Lincoln High School in Stockton, where she was voted outstanding teacher of the year in 1971, then honored as the Lincoln Log Dedicatee in 1975 when she was Dean of Girls/Coordinator of student activities. Karen was the second woman to serve as state president of the California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA). Her last eleven years at LHS were as a Sophomore English teacher.

She was a supporter of the Stockton Symphony and the Stockton Civic Theater. After retiring, Karen moved to Arnold with her husband Sandy, where they enjoyed spending time travelling throughout the western U.S. She had a true love of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and was an avid hiker. She remained active in volunteer work with the Arnold Public Library and the American Association of University Women.